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It looks like Activision hasn’t given up making Transformers games after all, as Amazon list something called Rise Of The Dark Spark.

The listings are still up on Amazon.co.uk, with Transformers: Rise Of The Dark Spark apparently coming out on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and 3DS.

The description though is so ambiguous it doesn’t really tell you anything: ‘The next instalment in the incredible Transformers gaming franchise, Transformers: Rise Of The Dark Spark is an exciting action game that is perfect for veteran fans and newcomers’.

It certainly doesn’t seem to hint as to whether this is a follow-up to the excellent Fall Of Cybertron game from 2012, whether it’s a tie-in to the new movie due out this year, or if it’s something else entirely.

Although the phrase ‘next instalment’ sounds like it’s implying a sequel the subtitle Rise Of The Dark Spark doesn’t do anything to suggest a connection to Fall Of Cybertron – the ending of which implied the next game would be set on Earth.

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There’s also the fact that Fall Of Cybertron, and its predecessor War For Cybertron, weren’t particularly big hits. So we’d be (pleasantly) surprised if Activision were continuing with the pseudo-Generation 1 storyline.

Rise Of The Dark Spark also doesn’t immediately scream a connection with Michael Bay’s new film, which is subtitled Age Of Extinction. Although we’re not sure what the storyline for that is meant to be, other than the Dinobots are in it.

In Transformers lore a spark is essentially the soul of a transformer, so maybe a reader out there knows if the concept of ‘dark sparks’ has already been used in a recent comic or cartoon.

There’s also the question of who’s making the game, but since Activision studio High Moon has worked on both the Cybertron and movie titles they’re the only obvious guess at the moment.

Whatever’s going on Amazon clearly didn’t make up those listing off the top of their head, so it’ll be interesting to see if this is another attempt to make Transformers a major franchise or just another forgettable movie tie-in.